Moxie Marlinspike launches Confer a privacy-focused ai chatbot with end-to-end encryption
Moxie Marlinspike, the cryptographer behind Signal, introduced the Confer chatbot in December 2025. The service encrypts every message on the user's device using WebAuthn passkeys before it leaves the browser, and runs the AI inference inside hardware‑isolated Trusted Execution Environments. Remote attestation lets users verify the server is running the intended code, making it technically…
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- Confer encrypts chats on the device with WebAuthn passkeys and runs inference inside TEEs, preventing operator access.
- Free tier permits 20 messages per day across five chats; premium subscription costs $35 per month for unlimited use.
- Meta AI will integrate Confer’s privacy architecture in March 2026, extending encrypted chat to WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook.
Confer is offered on a freemium basis at confer.to. The free tier allows up to 20 messages per day across five active chats, while a premium subscription costs $35 a month and provides unlimited access. The platform’s privacy architecture is slated for integration into Meta AI in March 2026, which would bring encrypted chat capabilities to WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, platforms that collectively host billions of users.
Moxie Marlinspike launches Confer, a privacy-focused AI chatbot with end-to-end encryption
cryptobriefing.com · 22 September 2026
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